Troops donate more campaign money to Obama than McCain, despite McCain's military record WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. soldiers have donated more presidential campaign money to Democrat Barack Obama than to Republican John McCain, a reversal of previous campaigns in which military donations tended to favor GOP White House hopefuls, a nonpartisan group reported Thursday. Troops serving abroad have given nearly six times as much money to Obama's presidential campaign as they have to McCain's, the Center for Responsive Politics said. .... "Obama will work tirelessly to uphold this nation's sacred trust with its veterans, to ensure they are not forgotten...